I liked that the parents didn't try to hide their problems from Piper, and that when there was something they didn't like, they called her out on it. However, Marli, Piper's older sister moves home and the family has to stretch themselves even thinner. Piper's family is fairly typical - struggling to make ends meet, but making it.
Even her friend's "absent" parents were around some of the time. Piper does have her diva moments, but for the most part, she's pretty down to earth.Ī major part of the story deals with Piper's family, and I was really (pleasantly) surprised to see how well developed they were. But what this book actually is so different. Like I said, when I first started the book, I was expecting some snotty teenaged hipster who is decent at art and expects the world handed to her on a silver platter. But when her sister moves home from college, Piper has to face the idea that even if she is good enough to get into the program, her family may not be able to afford it. She is good, though - good enough to get her teacher's recommendation to a conservatory program in New York City. In the synopsis, it says she "inhales air and exhales art," which I think is a bit of a stretch - there's no magical realism, and Piper struggles to create a masterpiece more than she breathes. Focusing on her goal of leaving her hometown far, far behind, Piper channels her energy into her art. She lives in Houston with her parents and painfully annoying older sister. The story follows a girl named Piper in her senior year of high school. Going into this book, I was expecting it to be about a pretentious art student, but what I got was so much better - so much deeper.
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